Jack Point - Derawan Islands
Jack Point in Derawan offers a gentle introduction to the area’s diving, topping out at 22 metres. We often find schooling fusiliers here, along with the occasional reef shark cruising by. It’s a good spot for newer divers looking for a relaxed dive without strong currents. Expect a pleasant, straightforward reef dive, good for getting your fins wet.
- Location
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- 2.274300, 118.610600
- Maximum Depth
- 22m
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Marine Protected Area: Pulau Sangalaki
Nearby Dive Sites in Derawan Islands
- Bakungan - 18m
- Bantukan - 23m
- Barracuda point
- Batu Kangan - 24m
- Big Fish Country
- Blue light cave (cave)
- BUNGALU - 0m (wreck)
- Capri Point - 23m
- Channel Entrance (drift)
- Cleaning Station Sangalaki - 18m
- Coral Gardens (reef)
- Coral Mountain Bay - 25m (reef)
- Coral Table Dance - 19m (reef)
- Derawan
- Divers Delight
Nearest Dive Centres to Jack Point
Marine Life in Derawan Islands
Home to 124 recorded species including 73 reef fish, 38 hard corals, 6 seagrass & algae, 3 whales & dolphins, 2 clams & mussels, 1 other.
Notable Species
- Staghorn coral (Acropora solitaryensis) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora hyacinthus) - Hard Corals
- Branch coral (Acropora florida) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora horrida) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora acuminata) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora selago) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora echinata) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora hoeksemai) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora aculeus) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cerealis) - Hard Corals
- Boring Clam (Tridacna crocea) - Clams & Mussels
- Staghorn coral (Acropora austera) - Hard Corals
- Table coral (Acropora clathrata) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora valida) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora yongei) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora awi) - Hard Corals
- Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis) - Hard Corals
- Long-beaked Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) - Whales & Dolphins
- seagrass (Halophila ovalis) - Seagrass & Algae
- Staghorn coral (Acropora indonesia) - Hard Corals